Blast Rites: Archagathus / Rot – Split Review
After a long delay, last year’s Archagathus / Whoresnation split pricked up some ears around these parts – even deservedly making its way onto our best EP / short releases list at the end of …
Grave Digger – The Bone Collector Review
I’ve lost count now of how many Grave Digger albums I’ve covered in the past fifteen or so years – and full disclosure: I’m apparently too lazy to look it up – but the number …
Best Of 2024: Andrew Edmunds: I Had A Good Joke About Predicting The Future, But You Didn’t Like It
Another year down, my friends, as we all race headlong towards our inevitable demise. And while 2024 for me wasn’t as awful as some of the more recent previous years, it certainly wasn’t all puppies …
R.I.P. Paul Di’Anno: 1958 – 2024
It feels like a million years ago now, but sometime in my 7th grade year, I went to a Turtle’s Records & Tapes and bought my very first-ever heavy metal cassette, which was Iron Maiden’s …
Flotsam & Jetsam – I Am The Weapon Review
Some things age gracefully, and get better with time. Wine… Cheese… Me… We can add Phoenix-based thrashers Flotsam & Jetsam to that list, especially now that they’re four albums into a third act that sees …
Houkago Grind Time – Koncertos Of Kawaiiness: Stealing Jon Chang’s Ideas, A Book By Andrew Lee Review
One-man metal machine and anime geek Andrew Lee has been a busy boy of late. There’s a new Ripped To Shreds on the horizon, slated for late next month, and here we are also with …
Malignancy – …Discontinued Review
You ever twist yourself up into a contortionist’s knot and then bash yourself repeatedly in the skull with a crowbar for about a half-hour at a time? No, of course you don’t. I mean, why …
Alarm! – Alarm! Review
In 2022, Victims released a short, perfunctory statement: “THIS IS END – WE ARE DEAD.” And to put it in rather unpoetically, well… that pretty much sucked, because for the 25 years leading up to …